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Sunday, January 24, 2016

Wild Thing Coat two: Toothless

Earlier this week I showed you my beaver coat which I made my middle
daughter. Today, I am showing you a dragon coat that I made my son, not
just any dragon, I made a Toothless (in case you are not so much into
animated movies, he is the famous black dragon). I drew my own head
piece, back piece and tail for this one, but the coat itself coat is the
very well fitting Wild Things Coat from Big Little.

Let's start
with the headpiece, the entire thing is one piece. I drew a circle the
size of the hood's opening and drew the spikes and ears all connected to
each other. I was considering using some interfacing, but I decided
against it. It does not stand up as much as I planned, but this does not
bother me as much as I expected, if I would do it again I am still not
sure if I would use interfacing.

I was in a hurry while sewing
this coat, so instead of taking individual spikes for the back I simply
drew a line of spikes. On the pictures you see the coat is wrinkled, but
seeing that it is felt (although it is washable) I did not dare to
steam iron it. Over the last two weeks the wrinkles have disappeared
totally. I bought the washable felt at Textielstad, it was very nice to
work with is soft to the touch and warm.

The tail is detachable
with a single snap. I top stitched the tail to add some extra details.
It is relatively small compared to the coat, but I did not wanted it to
be a safety hazard.

The lining is biological Nicky from
Lillestoff which I bought long ago at Joyfits. The combination of the
felt and nicky gives a nice warm coat that he can wear now with
temperature around zero degrees. Sewing in a stretch lining into a non
stretching coat is not the most fun experience, but while using the
differential on my serger, I managed.

Last time, I promised you a
better pocket picture. On this picture you can see that the pockets are
holes with a flap on it. It would be easy to put a zipper on them, but
like I said, I was in a hurry. The fabric I used for the pockets is from
old trousers from my husband. It is not the best combination with the
main fabric, but I needed a thick fabric to cancel out the thick felt,
and the pockets are not visible usually.

If my son puts his hands in his pockets he creates wings (he has been doing
this for years with his friends from school), so this dragon can even
fly. In my previous post you could have spotted a flying beaver, I love
that kids have so much fantasy.

Today is the last day of sale of
this coat. Visit the Big Little Pattern shop and purchase your pattern
with a 30% discount for only $8.40 excl VAT (regular price $12).

I
love to hear what you think of my creations. Feel free to leave a
comment in the language you prefer (although Google translate might have
to assist me if you choose something different than English, German,
Dutch or Hungarian).

About me

I am a Dutch mother of four (three girls and one boy) and an academic. I love to create and use this blog to share my creations with the world. I knit, crochet, sew, bake etc. and many of those skills I learned from bloggers around the globe. I hope you like reading about my creative adventures and that they may inspire you.